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1 Samuel 24:10

Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’

BSB

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ASV

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that Jehovah had delivered thee to-day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee; but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is Jehovah’s anointed.

KJV

Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the Lord had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the Lord’s anointed.

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25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הִנֵּה֩hi.Nehhere!H2009 →
הַיּ֨וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
הַזֶּ֜הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
רָא֣וּra.'Uthey have seenH7200 →
עֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869 →
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-this:H834 →
נְתָנְךָ֩ne.ta.ne.Khahe gave youH5414 →
יְהוָ֨ה׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הַיּ֤וֹם׀hai.Yomthis dayH3117 →
בְּיָדִי֙be.ya.Diin hand myH3027 →
בַּמְּעָרָ֔הba.me.'a.Rahin the caveH4631 →
וְאָמַ֥רve.'a.Marand someone saidH559 →
לַהֲרָגֲךָ֖la.ha.ra.ga.Khato kill youH2026 →
וַתָּ֣חָסva.Ta.chosand it looked with compassionH2347 →
עָלֶ֑יךָ'a.Lei.khaon youH5921 →
וָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.Marand I saidH559 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
אֶשְׁלַ֤ח'esh.LachI will stretch outH7971 →
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027 →
בַּֽאדֹנִ֔יba.do.Nion lord myH113 →
כִּי־ki-forH3588 →
מְשִׁ֥יחַme.Shi.ach[is] [the] [one] anointed ofH4899 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
הֽוּא׃Hu'heH1931 →

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Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.Psalms 125:3For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.1 Samuel 24:4So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you wish.’” Then David crept up secretly and cut off a corner of Saul’s robe.Psalms 131:2Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.Exodus 22:28You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.Psalms 105:15“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”Exodus 21:13If, however, he did not lie in wait, but God allowed it to happen, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee.1 Samuel 26:8–9Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”Psalms 55:20My companion attacks his friends; he violates his covenant.Judges 4:7And I will draw out Sisera the commander of Jabin’s army, his chariots, and his troops to the River Kishon, and I will deliver him into your hand.’”Job 31:31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—Ezekiel 20:17Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.1 Samuel 24:18And you have shown this day how well you have dealt with me; for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.Lamentations 4:20The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

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David Shows Saul How He Spared His Life — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
David Shows Saul How He Spared His Life — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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